Time Square, skyscrapers, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, luxury shops, are just some of the best attractions in the Big Apple And the list could go on. Although that’s not all, New York also has a large number of art galleries that allow you to meet artists with great careers and also emerging ones. Without a doubt, it is a city that invites you to discover these spaces.
From Gagosian to David Zwirner, New York witnessed the first art galleries to open in the world. Throughout its history, the city grew exponentially becoming a key point for the art market in the world. For this reason, these spaces from their foundations, unlike large museums, allowed greater visibility for new talents.
Five art galleries to visit in New York
Artechouse (cover photo)
With offices in Washington and Miami, Artechouse and his team have dedicated the last decade to supporting the creation of innovative experimental art, driving storytelling innovation through the most advanced exhibition platform.
As a space dedicated to projections and digital art, it is a permanent home where technology-driven artists and creatives can experiment, develop and showcase their work to new audiences.
David Zwirner
David Zwirner opened in 1993 on the ground floor of 43 Greene Street in SoHo in New York City, with a solo exhibition by Austrian sculptor Franz West. Time later it would become one of the most important exhibition spaces in the world of art.
Since its foundation, retrospective exhibitions of artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol have passed through here. It currently also has offices in London, Hong Kong and Paris.
Westwater Spur
Westwater Spur Fischer was founded in 1975, when Italian art dealer Gian Enzo Sperone, Angela Westwater, and German art dealer Konrad Fischer opened a space at 142 Greene Street in SoHo, New York. (The gallery’s name was changed to Sperone Westwater in 1982.)
Finally, in 2010, the institution inaugurated a new building designed by Foster + Partners at 257 Bowery in New York. Currently, since its creation, the space continues to exhibit a local and international itinerary of outstanding artists who work in a large number of formats.
Gagosian
Established by Larry Gagosian in Los Angeles in 1980, Gagosian is a global gallery specializing in modern and contemporary art that employs more than three hundred people in nineteen exhibition spaces in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Particularly in New York, they have three spaces. Furthermore, from 1985 onwards, it became the first gallery to establish a publishing house producing a wide range of catalogs and books.
303
303 Gallery was established in 1984 by its owner and director Lisa Spellman considered one of the best gallery owners in New York. Its first location was at 303 Park Avenue South, in addition to its address, its name also refers to the collaboration of artists “Intimate Gallery” by Alfred Stieglitz located in room 303 of the Anderson Galleries building.
Giving great support to emerging artists, in 2015, 303 moved into a Foster and Partners-designed building at 555 W 21st Street. Here, it has since occupied the first and second floors with a total of more than one thousand square meters of exhibition space.
